Window and door screen



A. L. BBNEDICT.

WINDOW AND DOOIEI SGRBEN.'

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Unirse /Sraris ARTHUR BENEDICT, OE OCEAN GROVE, NEW JERSEY.

WINDOW AND DOOR SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,312, dated December 18, 1883.

Application tiled Mai-cli 16, 1883.

.To if/ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. Bunnnicr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Ocean Grove, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vindow and Door Screens, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to screens adapted to be applied to windows, doors, and the like objects, so that when the object is opened the screen will be drawn over the space from which the obj ect has receded, and thereby cover the otherwise open space and prevent insects and other matters from entering the rooms, and it consists in the construction and the combination of parts hereinafter particularly described,

v and then sought to be specifically defined by the claims.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is aside view of the device applied to awindow; Fig..2, a crosssection through the device detached from the window, and Fig. 3, a perspective in cross-sec-v tion, showing the device closed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a box or case, of wood or other suitable material, provided with a detachable side or back, B, and having end plates or blocks, C, perforated for the passage of screws or other fastening devices for securing the case to a window or other frame. The box incloses an ordinary spring-shade or other suitable springactuated roller, D, which is journaledin the ends of the box so as to turn, and has secured to it one end of a gauze or other netting, E, the other end of which is secured to the iiiside of the back B. rihe back B is made separate from the box, and is held thereto by the netting and tension of the spring in the roller, and is preferably provided with a bead, a, which will t over onto the top of the box, so

as to makea close joint and cover the netting (No model.)

and might be applied in various ways for the same purpose without departing 'from the spirit of that feature of my invention; but the method which I have described I consider to be the best.

If desired, flanges G, rounded on their in ner edges, so as not to out the protecting-strips,l may be secured to or formed on the edge oi the case at botli ends where the strip passes from the inside of the top of the case, so as to hold the strip close to the end face of the nettin g, and thereby more effectually prevent the entrance of any matter from the outside between the strips and netting.

The screen, constructed as described, is applied to a window-frame by resting thecase on the window-sill and securely holding it to its placeby screws passed through the end plates or blocks, 0, into the sides of the windoweasement. The movable side of the case is then suspended from the window-sash .by means of pins H, projecting from the face side of the sash-rail and entering holes made in the movable side for that purpose. Two p iiis, H', are'driven into the side stops or partingstrips of the window at sufficient distances from the fixed portion of the case, as shown, to allowr the protectingstiips to be drawn tightly over them. If the windowfsash be now raised, it will carry with it the movable side and extend or draw out the netting, so as to cover the space from which the window-sash is moved. At the same time the netting passes between the protectiiig-strips, which cover the netting on its opposite faces next to the side of the window-frame, so that if the netting be drawn away from the sides the strips will cover the open spaces thus formed, and prevent the entrance of any matter.

If it is desired to reach the outside of the window, it is only necessary to-lift the mova- IOO ble side from off its suspending-pins, and when the netting is not in use the movable side is disconnected from the window-sash and folded into its case, so as to completely cover the netting, thus sheltering it from dust and hiding it from View, so that nothing but an attractive-looking case is presented to View.

The case can be Very readily detached from 011e window-frame and applied to another without cutting the fra-me for its application. It may also be applied to either the top or bottom of the frame, so as to work vertically, or applied to a sliding window or doorway, so as to work horizontally, and will work from one side of a frame as well as from another.

'Vhile in store for sale or stored away for keeping, the case forms a complete covering for the netting, protect-ing it from dust and decay. I do not claim, broadly, a spring-actuated roller carrying a flexible screen, combined witha window frame and sash and a case inclosing the screen when rolled up, as this is old.

Having fully described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim isl. The combination ot' the removable box comprising two parts adapted to be separated from each other, and when brought together to form a closed case inclosing a screen, a

spring-actuated roller journaled in one secto inclose a screen, a spring-actuated roller journaled in one section of the box, a screen connected at one end to the other section of the box and at the opposite end to the springactuated roller, and the protecting-strips connected at both ends to 011e section of the box and passed through guide-slots in the other section, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of the movablebox comprisin g two parts adapted to be separated from each other, and when brought together to inclose a screen, a spring-actuated roller journaled in one sect-ion of the box, a screen connected at one end to the other section of the box and at the opposite end to the spring-actuated roller, and the protecting-strips connected at both ends to one section of the box and passed through guide-slots in the other section, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4L. The combination, with a screen connected at one end to a spring-roller and at the other end to a movable frame, of protectingstrips extended along the sides of the screen, and adapted to close spaces formed by the screen drawing from its sides toward its center, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

A. L. BEXEDICT.

\Vituesses:

FRANK T iw'rmr, GEORGE KELLOGG. 

